BIG Bob

Brandy and I have been looking at a van online that was in Omaha. With the remainder of harvest looming Brandy working morning till night, my daycare schedule, and me having a meeting all day on Saturday, we decided last night to make a not-so-quick quick trip to Omaha.

We came home with this!!

It's a 2005 12 passenger Chevy Express. Can you believe it?!? What a ride! We still have the mini-van for now (I'll hang on to it while I can LOL!), but hope to sell it privately.

I haven't driven it yet. Being the small town girl that I am, I didn't want to have to drive this monster for the first time in Omaha. I told Brandy I'd take over on the interstate, but there was road construction and of course it was dark (didn't get home till midnight), so he said to try it out at home.

Following the red van home I had a revelation. This is the first time EVER we've bought a vehicle that I didn't have buyers remorse. For one thing, we paid for it, no loan. Yippee! And it's in really good shape, but obviously we didn't go overboard. It has over 70,000 miles and believe me when I say almost no extras. Not even cruise control! We got a good deal, so we're going to use some of the "extra" money to put cruise control in. That's a necessity, don't you think? (smile) No cd player or dvd player. Those will probably come eventually. No bug shield or mud flaps, those will come too. But it does have running boards! Oh, and Brandy is already making plans to send a picture to "his guy" to design some kind of pinstriping to break it up. The funny thing? The peace that comes with buying something we could afford is much better than all the bells and whistles.

Oh, why the Big Bob title? Cuz this morning when the kids saw it (and loved it, aside from no dvd), Shianne said we should name it Bob...after Bob the Tomato! Ha! It might stick.